The impact of attitudes towards the menopause on women's symptom experience: a systematic review

B Ayers, M Forshaw, MS Hunter - Maturitas, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: There is an assumption in menopause research that attitudes to menopause
are influenced by a range of cultural, social and psychological variables, which may in turn …

Health literacy among adults: a study from Turkey

H Ozdemir, Z Alper, Y Uncu… - Health education research, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Patients' health literacy is increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting health
communication and outcomes. We performed this study to assess the levels of health …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, perceptions and information about hormone therapy (HT) among menopausal women: a systematic review and meta-synthesis

MF Tao, YC Teng, HF Shao, P Wu, EJ Mills - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The use of hormone therapy (HT) by menopausal women has declined since
the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial (WHI) in 2002 demonstrated important harms …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency of symptoms, determinants of severe symptoms, validity of and cut-off score for Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) as a screening tool: a cross …

N Chuni, CT Sreeramareddy - BMC women's health, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Majority of Nepalese women live in remote rural areas, where health
services are not easily accessible. We determined the validity of Menopause Rating Scale …

[HTML][HTML] Menopause status and attitudes in a Turkish midlife female population: an epidemiological study

U Ayranci, O Orsal, O Orsal, G Arslan, DF Emeksiz - BMC women's health, 2010 - Springer
Background It is a well accepted status that socio-cultural characteristics may affect the
onset of menopause and its characteristics. The aims of this study were to describe the …

Relationship between women's attitude towards menopause and quality of life

E Yanikkerem, SO Koltan, AG Tamay, Ş Dikayak - Climacteric, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The aim of the study was to assess the symptoms of women and to describe the
relationship between women's attitude towards menopause and quality of life. Methods This …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of physical activity and body mass index on menopausal symptoms in Turkish women: a cross-sectional study in primary care

MN Tan, M Kartal, D Guldal - BMC women's health, 2014 - Springer
Background Considering the fact that, due to recent evidence, many women no longer prefer
hormone replacement therapy, it is especially important to develop intervention options to …

[HTML][HTML] Severity and factors of menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women in Gansu Province of China: a cross-sectional study

LR Wang, R Zhang, Y Yang, XY Sun, BL Zhang… - BMC women's …, 2021 - Springer
Objective To investigate the severity and risk factors of menopausal symptoms in the middle-
aged women in Gansu Province of China. Methods In this cross-sectional study, a total of …

Awareness of menopause and strategies to cope with menopausal symptoms of the women aged between 40 and 65 who consulted to a tertiary care hospital

H İkiışık, G Turan, F Kutay, DC Karamanlı… - … Halk Sağlığı Dergisi, 2020 - dergipark.org.tr
This study aimed to investigate the awareness of menopause and strategıes to cope wıth
menopausal symptoms of the women aged between 40 and 65 who consulted to a tertiary …

Menopause: a qualitative study of Jordanian women's perceptions

AI Mahadeen, JO Halabi… - International nursing …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to describe the perceptions of
Jordanian midlife women about making the menopausal transition. Methods: Audio taped …